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Gwyneth Jones

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lunchtime reading

Mash Up Some Genres For Lunch

Gwyneth Jones, author of the fantasty-scifi-pop-music Bold As Love series, has put some of her short fiction online for free recently — plus some great essays, including the thought-provoking "Aliens In The Fourth Dimension." But my favorite story she's put online is the weird, gritty and unpredictable "Fulcrum," which is sort of a cyberpunk noir cowboy occult adventure story. It's the perfect thing to read right about now, to give you a jolt of insanity to help you get through the rest of your day. More »

10:00 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
999 views, 13 comments

Latest by RAHfanboy: @flexiverse: I agree totally. Shorts have to be much more tightly crafted than novels, make better movies, and anyone that says they don't like shorts probably doesn't read at all but just watches movies and TV. more »

the new space opera

Why Is Space Opera Unsung?

The New Space Opera, a recent anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, was supposed to testify to the resurgent vitality of the space-opera sub-genre. Instead, it showcases a new space-opera canon that's listless and cut off from the mainstream, argues reviewer Alan DeNiro in Rain Taxi. Find out why the space-opera renaissance doesn't make DeNiro want to sing, and why his review sparked a soul-searching discussion among the authors, below the fold. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
2,956 views, 64 comments